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Joe Davis

1901 - 1978

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Joseph Davis (15 April 1901 – 10 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is now played, such as break-building. With the help of equipment manufacturer Bill Camkin, he drove the creation of the World Snooker Championship by persuading the Billiards Association and Control Council to recognise an official professional snooker championship in 1927. Davis won the first 15 world championships from 1927 to 1946, and he is the only undefeated player in World Snooker Championship history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Davis is the 10,171st most popular politician (down from 9,826th in 2019), the 2,258th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,002nd in 2019) and the 355th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joe Davis ranks 10,171 out of 19,576. Before him are Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Ateas, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Saad Hariri, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and Neferkare Pepiseneb. After him are Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Fulk II, Count of Anjou, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, Neferkamin Anu, Detention of Mark Bernstein, and Augustine Washington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Joe Davis ranks 136. Before him are Rose Ausländer, Raúl Prebisch, Lee Hoi-chuen, Ed Begley, Mikhail Romm, and Claude Autant-Lara. After him are Salchak Toka, Jean Guitton, Mario Scelba, Umberto Caligaris, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Ismail al-Azhari. Among people deceased in 1978, Joe Davis ranks 101. Before him are Gunnar Nilsson, Tom Wilson, Emilio Portes Gil, Ángel Bossio, Jacques Bergier, and Max Mallowan. After him are Jens Otto Krag, George Maciunas, Mstislav Keldysh, Louis Prima, Gig Young, and Carlos Chávez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Davis ranks 2,258 out of 8,785. Before him are Johnny Herbert (1964), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Andy Gibb (1958), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Katie Johnson (1878), and Alexander Wilson (1766). After him are Anna Sewell (1820), Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and Stephen Morris (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Joe Davis ranks 355. Before him are Menzies Campbell (1941), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Prasutagus (50), and Lord William Bentinck (1774). After him are Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Ernest Bevin (1881), and Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964).

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